SCHLETTSTADT  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, in the imperial See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• ALSACE (Ger. Elsass)

Alsace-See also:

• LORRAINE

Lorraine, on the See also:

• ILL

Ill; 26 m . S. of See also:

• STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg by the railway to See also:

• BASEL (Fr. Bale)
• BASEL (Fr. Belle, but Basle is a wholly erroneous form; Ital. Basilea)
• BASEL, CONFESSION OF
• BASEL, COUNCIL OF

Basel . Pop . (19o5) 9700 . It possesses two See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic churches, a See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, numerous remains of its old walls and some See also:

• QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

quaint houses of the 15th and 16th centuries . It has a See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, a municipal library, a gymnasium, and other educational establishments . The Roman Catholic churches are the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral church of St See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George, a fine See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• BUILDING

building founded in the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and the church of St Fides, dating from the 11th century . Its See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries comprise See also:

• WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire-See also:

• DRAWING

drawing, tanning and saw-milling, and there is a considerable See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit and other agricultural produce . Schlettstadt is a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of very See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early origin . It was a royal See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence in Carolingian times and became a See also:

• FREE

free town of the See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire in the 13th century . In the 15th century it was the seat of a celebrated See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy, founded by the humanist Rodolphus See also:

• AGRICOLA (originally SCHNEIDER, then SCHNITTER), JOHANNES (1494-1566)
• AGRICOLA (the Latinized form of the name BAUER), GEORG (1490-1555)
• AGRICOLA, CHRISTOPH LUDWIG (1667-1719)
• AGRICOLA, GNAEUS JULIUS (A.D. 37-93)
• AGRICOLA, JOHANN FRIEDRICH (1720-1774)
• AGRICOLA, MARTIN (c. 1500-1556)
• AGRICOLA, RODOLPHUS (properly ROELOF HUYSMANN) (1443-1485)

Agricola, which contributed not a little to the revival of learning in this See also:

• PART

part of Germany; See also:

• ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS (1466–1536)

Erasmus of See also:

• ROTTERDAM

Rotterdam was one of its students . In 1634 the town came into the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, and it was afterwards fortified by See also:

• VAUBAN

Vauban .

It offered little resistance, however, to the Germans in 187o, and the fortifications have since been razed . The Hoh-Konigsburg, a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle See also:

• STANDING

standing at an See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of 2475 ft., was presented to the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William II. by the town of Schlettstadt in 1899, and was completely restored in 1908 . The site is first mentioned as bearing a castle in the 8th century . See See also:

• NAUMANN, GEORG AMADEUS CARL FRIEDRICH (1797-1873)

Naumann, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Eroberung von Schlettstadt (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1876) ; and J . Geny, Die See also:

• REICHSTADT, NAPOLEON FRANCIS JOSEPH CHARLES

Reichstadt Schlettstadt 1490–1536 (See also:

• FREIBURG

Freiburg i . B . 1900) .